topic Re: Attach space as workflow package in Alfresco Archive

Attach space as workflow package

bpeters — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:26:11 GMT

Dear all,Does any one if it is possible to attach a space (like for example a Fileplan in Records Management) to a workflow as a workflow package in version 2.0?Thanks in advance,Bas

Re: Attach space as workflow package

evdgeest — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 08:07:01 GMT

I am also very interested in this, I hope someone can tell us how to make this work.

Thanks.

Re: Attach space as workflow package

davidc — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:05:03 GMT

It's possible to use any existing container (Space, folder, …) as a workflow package. However, currently, this feature is only exposed via the Workflow Java API - http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Workflow_Reqs_and_Design#Workflow_Service

Take a look at the method

public NodeRef createPackage(NodeRef container);‍

.

Unfortunately, the "Start Workflow" Action doesn't allow an existing space to be passed in. But, it wouldn't be difficult to modify - take a look at org.alfresco.repo.workflow.StartWorkflowActionExecuter.java.

We'll look to fix this in the core as several requests have now been made.

Re: Attach space as workflow package

evdgeest — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 10:17:59 GMT

Thanks for your quick reply.

Do you have any idea in witch version of Alfresco this feature will be available?

Thanks.